Sponsors of the International Youth Library

The International Youth Library is institutionally funded in varying proportions by the German Federal Ministry for Families, Seniors, Women and Youth, the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, Science and Art, and the Cultural Department of the Munich City Council. For many years, the Federal Foreign Office has funded the Library’s scholarship program for foreign researchers.

Institutions, charitable trust foundations, publishing houses and private sponsors provide additional support through financing, book donations and gifts, which are geared towards the preservation and enhancement of the Library. Private sponsors also have the opportunity to regularly contribute to the Library’s work by becoming members of the official Society of Friends and Sponsors of the International Youth Library.